Jules (Golden Streak Series Book 5) (13 page)

“I know. He told us that he’d like to help you
, but he wasn’t sure you’d ever trust him again. Did he explain to you why he didn’t help you in the house?” Lenny nodded. “It must have been very hard on him to see you laying there all cut up. I don’t know what I’d have done had that been my child.”

“I’m not his kid.” Ally nodded.
“He just saved me from starving to death as a kid by sending me away from my mother. She would have probably killed me eventually, I suppose, but he sent me away.”

“He gave you his blood.” She looked at Bronwyn when she spoke. “When he took you from your mother
, you were as close to death as possible without actually being dead. She’d not fed you for several days, Nicee told me. And you were dirty and wet, sores on your body from neglect and filthy conditions. You only survived because he gave you a chance.”

“My father had been in prison
, she told me, along with my mother. But the Realm had them. And they let her go after he died.” The hammering started then, and she looked up. “I never found out what they’d done to end up there. They were both set to be executed the next day before he died was all I was able to find out.”

“Your
mother would lure men to their home and have sex with them while your father and their watcher, a man named Milo, watched. Then when the male or female lay basking in the afterglow, Milo would tie them to the bed with a promise of more to come. Once they were secured, your father would come out and he’d…he was a sadist. He and your mother both were. Milo liked to watch them, she said, but they were the ones that did all the killing. They had killed nearly two dozen humans before the Realm caught up with them.” Em handed her a folded sheet of paper. “Your father was sixty-three years old when he died. Your mother is nine hundred and forty-five. She was converted when she was about your age. Her maker met the sun just after she was changed. The Realm now thinks she had a part in it.” Lenny opened the file and saw her first picture of her parents.

She didn’t look a thing like her mother
, who was shorter than her and very thin. Her hair was dark, too, almost blue in the photo. But even in the photograph, Lenny could see her evilness and wondered why she’d been released to the general public.

However
, she was her father’s daughter. Red flaming hair, green eyes, and tall, he looked like a Viking. She wondered how two people so completely opposite in looks could have come together to create her.

She started to hand it back to Em when she told her to keep it.
She wadded it up and tossed it to the ground.

“I don’t want any reminders of what I came from. I want to find the fucking bitch and ram a stake through her heart
, and laugh while she incinerates. If Daddy was around, I’d empty a clip of silver in his head, then reload and fucking take his heart out.” Em smiled. “I’m not joking.”

“Oh
, I know that. It’s good to see that you’re ready to destroy them. I know that killing your parents is somewhat frowned upon.” They both looked at Rayne when she laughed. “But as you know, neither of them would be getting the good parent award, and I think killing the cunt will be healthy for you.”

The screaming started before she could say anything.
The door to the front was barred, but that didn’t stop the vampires on the other side from trying their best to open it. Several of them even tried flying out of the openings that were being made, only to burst into flames before they were even cleared of the destruction. Then when the roof came down completely, there was a sudden and abrupt silence.

“They are no more.”
Lenny sat down, her knees suddenly very weak. When Peter grabbed her before she could fall over, she looked up at him as he continued. “My lady, you did the Realm a great service today. Killing off these rogues has saved countless lives. We are indebted to you and yours.”

She nodded
, not sure what to say about murdering that many people, but saw Jules coming toward her. As he dropped his hammer and continued toward her, she stood up. He scooped her up into his arms before she could tell him she loved him.

Lenny held him to her as the others talked.
She was sure she should pay attention to what they were saying, but right now she needed to be held. When he lifted her chin up and kissed her mouth, she smiled at him.

“You al
l right?” She nodded at him. “You saved a great many people with this idea. I’m very proud of you.”

“I love you.”
He purred at her, and she smiled. “You do know how much that turns me on, right?”

“Yes. It’s what I live for.”
He wrapped his arms around her tighter. “I’ve spoken to Ryland, and he’s given me permission to change you. Not that I really needed it, but I wanted to do this right for us. You still want this, right?”

“More than ever.
How long will it take? I mean, can we start right now?” He shook his head. “I’d really like to meet Mommy with a little extra on my side if it’s all the same to you.”

“You’d be too weak
at midnight even if she waited that long. No, when we do this, it’s going to be done properly and without any other reason other than we both want it.”

She nodded
, but really was worried about going up against her mother. Lenny wasn’t really afraid of her, but now that she had found Jules and happiness, she didn’t really want to die. Not that she had before, but now she had more of a reason to live. She walked with him to the back of the destroyed graveyard for so many vampires and waited for their turn to be taken back to the house. She decided it was time she had a talk with Viktor.

Chapter
13

“You’ll feel the power come to you at midnight tonight, just as the hands touch the twelve. Your mother will feel the same, but she will lose what you gain.” Viktor waited to make sure the young couple understood what he was telling them. “You’ll feel a slight dizziness, I would imagine, but nothing that you won’t be able to conquer in a very short time.”

“What is it I’ll get?” Viktor looked at Jules and wondered if the man needed a moment more
, but he nodded and looked at his mate. Viktor was sure the man didn’t understand him and, for that matter, neither did the girl. He decided to not tell them what was really going to happen, but let them believe it was only the girl getting this gift.

“
I am not completely sure.” She cocked a brow at him and he smiled. “What I mean is that I’m not sure what you’ll get from either of them. Nor how much you’ll receive from them. You may receive more of what your father gave you or your mother, depending, I suppose, on what your body can handle. Power unlike you’ve ever seen is what I think, but as I said, I’m not sure.”

“So, let me get this straight. At midnight tonight I’m going to come into this awesome power that you don’t know what it is and you don’t know how much
it will be. You have no idea if I’ll get all of it or just a small portion from either of my sires. Not to mention you’re not sure really how hard it’s going to be on me when it does come to me. I mean, I could just be dizzy or I might just keel over. Fuck, that’s not good, is it?” He didn’t get a chance to answer her as she continued on her harangue. “Did I forget anything? Oh wait, my mother is trying to kill me before all this happens so she won’t be helpless as she lives out the rest of her life as a murdering bitch fixated on only herself and how all this concerns her.”

He wanted to
laugh at her or at the very least smile, but he feared that she would harm him. A great deal as a matter of fact. He leaned back in the chair and decided perhaps a different approach might be in order. She certainly wasn’t appreciating his tact.

“You’re
a strong woman, so most of what they give you will cause you no harm at all. Your father was a shifter, but not necessarily all that talented at it. He could take on the shape of the animal, but he could not become one. He was too set on his way of making things work out for himself instead of the benefit of what he could do with his talent. He could also, after he was converted by your mother, transport. Not the same as willing himself over a great distance by using his mind, but he could move his body, and that of someone he was touching, over great distances without worrying about what might be in his path when he arrived…you know, a chair or something. Peter can do something similar, but he must be worried that something, a tree or a table leg for instance, will be in his way when he gets there. Nasty business, that, if a sliver of wood should be where he was landing.” He watched her face and could see that this was getting through to her. “Your mother, however, has a great deal more to offer you. She is old and as she has aged, her powers came to her with that. She cannot, of course, stand much in the way of sunlight, but more so than a younger vampire. She can go great lengths of time without feeding, though I believe she does kill her…meals rather than pay for their services.”

“I might be a vampire.”
Viktor didn’t answer her, for he knew she was going to at least have fangs, as both her sires had. “If that happens, what happens to Jules and I when I have to feed?”

“You will simply feed from him
, but I would caution you about thinking that would happen. Vampires do have children, as you are well aware, but the likelihood of you needing to feed to survive…I believe that will not happen.”

“But you don’t know.”
He told her no, he did not. “These powers that she has, what else is there? I mean, can she shift, fly, or any of those other things that you read about that vampires can do?”

“Fly, in a matter of speaking
, yes. She can levitate herself to great heights. She can shift, but I do not think that she cares for it and does it only to heal herself.” He looked at Jules. “You shift to heal, correct?”

“Yes.
Whether we’re in human or cat form, if we shift, we’re healed. Not mortal wounds, but ones that are bad. Broken legs, arms, deep cuts, and even bad burns can be fixed by shifting.” He looked at Lenny before looking at him again. “This thing with her mother, you know the outcome, don’t you? I get the feeling you know the outcome of a great deal.”

Viktor
couldn’t lie to him; he had made a promise. “I do know a great deal, but for this I only know what the outcome could be either way. Should Lenny win, the two of you will have several children over your lifetimes together and live a long and very happy life. Should her mother win and kill her, then you, too, will be killed and the world as we know it will be changed forever.”

“How?” He looked at
Lenny, and she frowned. “Fishing question. Okay, I get it. You say the world will change. Will it be a better place? I don’t know how it could, but I can ask.”

“It will not.”
Viktor waited, knowing that she would have to ask. It was in her body and he could see it on her face. She would need to know.

“If Jules doesn’t go with me to challenge her
, will—?”

“I will not leave you to do this on your own no matter the outcome. I love you and I
won’t abandon you when you need me the most.” Jules pulled her into his arms. “Don’t even think about it, Lenny. If I have to, I’ll lock you into a room where she can’t get to you until this is over.”

“He will die regardless of whether you go alone or not. And your chances of survival will be much improved if he does go with you.”
He looked at Jules again. “While I can commend your thinking that locking her away will solve this, it will not. She will simply be where Divinity can get to her easier and kill her as well. You and your mate stand the best chance by going full steam ahead.”

When the grandfather clock in the other room started
its chime, both of them tensed. Viktor could feel the pull of the moon as well as any paranormal did. He knew that it was close to four in the afternoon. They had about three hours before her mother rose for the night.

When he stood up
, the couple did as well. “I would ask that you go home and rest. It will be a long and hard night, and you need to be relaxed and without stress.” He winked at Jules. “Surely, young man, you can use a nice nap as well.” When he nodded, Viktor snapped his fingers and they both disappeared.

“They will survive
, you think?” Peter walked in the room as he spoke. “The Realm has already given her a bit of her powers for the work she did for them today. It will give them an edge that they will need, I think.”

Viktor nodded and looked at Peter.
“My brother comes in two weeks. He would like to meet the Golden family. When this is through, we will need to make sure that the younger boy meets his mate before then. They need to be all together when the madness starts.”

“Yes. Will you play them as you did the young Bronwyn?
It was not very sporting of you to allow me to tell her that young Lenore was Jules’s mate.” Viktor flushed, knowing that what he did bordered on cheating. “You will do the same for young Keith?”

“I will do what is necessary to ensure this family is safe beyond all others.
You know what they did for us.” Peter nodded and sat down. “You also know that if anyone should find out what we’ve done that hell will be paid.”

“I’m willing to pay it.”
Peter said so without any hesitation, just as Viktor thought he would. They both owed the Goldens more than they’d ever be able to repay. They settled into their seats to wait. They would be there when the mother and daughter met, and would remain there until word came to them of the outcome.

“I think I shall need a vacation after this.
I was thinking perhaps we would venture home for a visit. Maybe a decade or two. What do you think, my friend?” Peter nodded but his mind was elsewhere. Not that he blamed him; a great deal rested on this night.

~~~

Their bodies came together as if they’d both been in the same frame of mind. He tore at her clothes as she did his. As soon as they were both naked, he picked her up and pressed her against the wall. She wrapped her legs around him as he filled her with his cock.

“Don’t hold back. Come for me. I need to feel you come around me.” He pounded into her, the wall behind her
shaking as pictures fell to the floor. “Come. Christ, come now.”

She shook her head and jerked his head back. “No. I need to taste you.
I want to feel you come in my mouth; I want you to fuck me like that until you come.”

He was suddenly with his back to the wall and her at his feet. He wanted to tell her that she
could later, but they both knew there might not be a later. He watched her lick his cock from balls to tip. She looked up at him as she took him into her hot mouth.

“Fuck
, that’s it.” Her tongue curled around him, circling around the crown of his cock so many times he was sure she had more than one tongue. As she cupped his balls and rolled them gently in her hands, he rocked into her heat. When she pulled him closer to her and swallowed him, he nearly cried out from the tightness of her throat around his already sensitive cock. Cupping the back of her head and holding her there, he pumped as gently as he could into her. She wasn’t having it.

The moment she nipped at him he felt his climax race up his spine until he could almost taste it in the back of his
throat. When she gave his balls a small twist, he cried out even as his cum spewed from him. He couldn’t have stopped fucking her like this now if there was a gun to his head. When she licked him along his cock to his balls, he nearly snarled at her when she took one, then the other into her mouth.

“Enough love. I need to fuck you.” She lifted her head from his cock and stared
at him as if she were drugged. He knew just how she felt. As he stood her up, he kissed her deeply as he moved her backward toward the bed. When she touched the edge, he lifted her into his arms and dropped her onto it. He was on top of her before she was finished bouncing.

“I
love the taste of you.” He licked her throat as she continued. “The way you feel fucking me like that. I want to do that again and again.”

“And I’ll allow it. Now
, however, it’s my turn.” Moving down her body, he kissed her everywhere he could. She tasted of his soap and sweat, of sex and the earth. He wanted more than anything to savor her, but he also needed her. When he reached her naval, a place he knew her to be ticklish, he laved his tongue inside of her, then lifted his head.

“I love you.” She nodded.
“No, I really do love you. I never wanted…I thought I never wanted a mate, much less one like you…independent, opinionated, and strong. I wanted a mate that I could order around and make her do what I thought best.”

“You nearly had to go and find you one of those
, the way you were acting.” He nodded. “But I guess I’ll keep you now. You can do all those amazing things with your hands. I think your pottery pieces are lovely.”

“My pottery pieces
, huh?” She nodded and he moved to the edge of the bed, pretending to leave her. But they both knew he wasn’t going anywhere.

“You mold them so well with your strong hands.” She sat up behind him
, and he could feel her breasts rub along his back. Her hands ran down his chest, and he ached for her to touch him. “Tomorrow night you’re going to change me and I’m going to be your tigress. When you chase me through the woods, I’m going to let you find me so you can do all the things to me that your cat wants to.”

He turned and pulled her into his arms and across his lap.
He kissed her gently, then held her to him. He wanted to say so much to her, but he was afraid of breaking down. She needed his support right now, not him blubbering like a fool.

“I want to marry you as soon as it’s possible. Then when you go into heat I want to
have children with you. Lots and lots of children.” She nodded. “Lenny, we’re going to do this. We’re going to show your mother what it’s like to fuck with a Golden.”

He rolled her back to the bed and kissed her.
He needed to make love to her in the worst way. Moving down her body again, he touched her, ran his hands over her smooth body. When she sighed, he kissed her again and slowly, reverently entered her.

“Mine. You’re all mine.”
She moaned and lifted her hips up to his thrust. “Say it, Lenny, say you’re all mine.”

“I love you. I belong to you.
All of me.” She gripped his shoulders as she threw back her head and screamed. His entire body seemed to be poised for her next climax. His cat snarled at him to mark her, to come in her and make her his. Before he could think what he was doing, he sank his teeth into her throat and bit her hard as his cock released deep and hard, and he knew immediately his mistake.

Her scream ripped
through him, but he couldn’t stop. When he started to lift his head, she held him to her and begged him to finish. She knew what he was doing and there was no way he could let her go now. When he felt the change in her start, he knew that something wasn’t right. She was going to be his cat much sooner than he’d ever thought. Lifting his head, he looked down at her and she smiled. He felt his heart skip several beats when she closed her eyes.